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CIVICS-VOCAB

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Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.
Bureaucracy
k.
Ideology
b.
Checks and balances
l.
Judicial Review
c.
Citizen
m.
Conservative/Liberal
d.
Civil Liberties
n.
Republican/Democrat
e.
Democracy
o.
Politics
f.
Demographics
p.
Sovereignty
g.
Domestic policy
q.
Referendum
h.
Due process
r.
Republic
i.
Federalism
s.
Separation of powers
j.
Habeas corpus
 

 1. 

The human apparatus that operates all government affairs.
 

 2. 

Freedoms that your state or nation grants you.
 

 3. 

Rule by the people.
 

 4. 

The power that branches of government have to limit each others power.
 

 5. 

The role a person has in relation to his nation.
 

 6. 

The executive, legislative and judicial branches each have their own powers.
 

 7. 

The ability of a state to control all elements within its sphere.
 

 8. 

Government where the people elect the leaders who will represent them.
 

 9. 

This gives the people, voters, the power of the legislature: the ability to pass an order or policy that has the force of law.
 

 10. 

The set of ideas that forms a person’s worldview.
 

 11. 

The power of the Supreme Court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
 

 12. 

Physical and social aspects of a population such as age, sex, religion, and income level.
 

 13. 

Plans, procedures, and policies governing the internal affairs of a nation.
 

 14. 

All the legal procedures, appeals, and protections afforded U.S. citizens.
 

 15. 

The simultaneous authority of the federal and state goverments.
 

 16. 

“You have the body.” Your right to be informed in writing of charges against you.
 

 17. 

The two large American political parties.
 

 18. 

The political spectrum which contains the range of political opinions that are possible.
 

 19. 

Human interactions aimed at influencing government policy.
 



 
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